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Over the past few months I have been thinking about freedom, liberty and how we, as citizens can restore limited, Constitutional government. We have allowed our formerly federal government to transform itself into a national government. A national government is a government of the people of a single state or nation, united as a community by what is termed the “social compact,’ and possessing complete | Read More »

Image via Wikipedia This article originally appeared here. [Additional author’s comments for Red State: It will be interesting to see what happens with the pending Chrysler bankruptcy and pending sale to Fiat. I was watching Glenn Beck tonight and Judge Napolitano seems to think that the Supreme Court will uphold the Constitution and Rule of Law and send the whole Chrysler bankruptcy back to square | Read More »

Image via Wikipedia Our elected leadership in Washington, whether they be Republicans or Democrats, make a mockery of the legislative process, including the idea that bills should be read aloud, and that there be adequate time for public review and comment. Read More

Image via Wikipedia With General Motors quickly making its transformation to Government Motors, I have made the decision not to buy any GM products. For that matter, I don’t intend to use any products related to GM either – for example, Ally Bank – formerly GMAC bank. It may seem a small thing, but it is a necessary, albeit small blow against the government takeover | Read More »

Overheard at a Tea Party in Alabama… The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. –Thomas Jefferson Plus, Stephen Gordon riffs on you might be a right-wing extremist if… Read More

Image via Wikipedia Let me beat a poor dead horse a little more. All of this talk about “green shoots” is a load of horse manure. Edward Hugh, writing an article titled Seeing is Believing, But Stabilising is NOT Recovering, in the Global Economy Matters blog. Read More

Image by through via Flickr Not tired yet of getting looted by government bailouts? Well, Michael Shedlock of Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis has an article titled More Prime Foreclosures; More Re-Defaults that will get your blood boiling. You would think our government would have learned its lesson about bubbles after Alan “Bubble Blower” Greenspan and Fed Chairman Ben “Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Daddy” Bernanke | Read More »

Image via Wikipedia The Federal Reserve Bank (FED) stole my lunch money. Your lunch money too. Actually, the FED stole much more than lunch money. Here are just a few things the FED has stolen or is in the process of stealing. 1. They FED has stolen untold amounts of money from the people through inflation. As the U.S. Dollar becomes devalued, each dollar is | Read More »

Image by _Robert C_ via Flickr One of the biggest mistakes ever made through our Constitutional Amendment process, perhaps with the exception of the 16th Amendment – income taxes – was the decision to ratify the 17th Amendment and directly elect Senators. Previously, Senators were chosen by the state legislatures. Members of the House of Representatives were elected directly by the people to represent their | Read More »

Image via Wikipedia A conservative once wrote: A substantial portion of the conservative movement has become a parody of its former self. Once home to distinguished intellectuals and men of letters, it now tolerates and even encourages anti-intellectualism and jingoism that would have embarrassed earlier generations of conservative thinkers. There are still some good and decent conservative leaders to be found, and a portion of | Read More »